Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 9

What does the word 'cautionary' mean?

• A thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze

• Offering or serving as a warning

• Confined or inhibited by force

• A fleet of boats or small ships

Which word means 'to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity'?

• Constrain

• Liquidate

• Magnate

• Tenacious

What is the meaning of the word 'flotilla'?

• A trace of something that once was present

• Offering or serving as a warning

• A light, gentle breeze

• A fleet of boats or small ships

Which word is defined as 'thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze'?

• Misnomer

• Gossamer

• Onerous

• Quixotic

What does the word 'incur' mean?

• To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash

• As light and delicate as a cobweb

• To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt

• Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

Which word means 'to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash'?

• Constrain

• Liquidate

• Tenacious

• Misnomer

What is the meaning of the word 'ignominious'?

• A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb

• A fleet of boats or small ships

• Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

• Offering or serving as a warning

Which word is defined as 'romantic and idealistic, but impractical'?

• Onerous

• Gossamer

• Quixotic

• Magnate

What does the word 'liquidate' mean?

• To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash

• To bring upon oneself something desirable, such as a debt

• A trace of something that once was present

• A state or place of great confusion or uproar

Which word means 'an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business'?

• Pandemonium

• Flotilla

• Vestige

• Magnate